Re: [trinity-users] LiveCD for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

On 16-07-29 09:40 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Marvin Jones composed on 2016-07-29 07:44 (UTC-0600):>>> Felix Miata wrote:>>>> I did minimal 16.04 HTTP minimal installs on two 64 bit machines,>>> then added 14.03. I recall no trouble with either.>>> By "minimal 16.04 HTTP minimal installs" do you mean ala:>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD ?>> Technically no, but as a practical matter yes. All my machines are > multiboot, so I download only the installation kernel and initrd that > those isos contain, then load them with Grub. From there on it's > essentially the same road as using such a CD. Doing it my way I find > it easier to provide specific installation options that I might or > might not remember that I want to use. e.g.:>> vga=791 -- hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false netcfg/disable_dhcp=true > expert biosdevname=0 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 tasks="standard" > base-installer/install-recommends=false video=1024x768@60 hostname=myhost>>> Can I avoid installing gnome doing it this way (above)?>> AFAICT, you can avoid _everything_ related to or depending on Xorg, > and a lot more.>>> Thank you for your quick reply!>> Broke house A/C kept me busy off puter until a short time ago.
And what about installing the Ubuntu 14.04 Trinity live CD first and
then apt-get dist-upgrade?
This would upgrade Ubuntu to 16.04 with minimal risk.
I did this to go from 12.04 to 14.04 without any glitch.
Just a hint from my own (successful) experience.